As Zika Reaches US Shores, States And Cities Struggle To Respond

Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Jul 1;35(7):1156-9. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0627.

Abstract

Local health officials have been forced to make do with public health resources stretched thin.

Keywords: Zika; county; preparedness; state; virus.

MeSH terms

  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
  • Central America
  • Communicable Disease Control / organization & administration*
  • Communicable Diseases, Emerging / epidemiology*
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Primary Prevention / methods*
  • United States / epidemiology
  • Zika Virus Infection / epidemiology*
  • Zika Virus Infection / transmission